Yep, '13 Leafs build prior to 4/2013 seem to have crap batteries, as bad as the '11s and '12s. It's unknown when the switch over exactly happened.

We haven't seen any fast-degrading 4/13 builds, and the one or two early builds we have seen that didn't degrade fast were January builds, IIRC. Everything points to April 1st 2013 as the switchover date, although I guess it could be something like the last week (or day) of March.

You don't have to run the car hard, Bard. Just keep the pack warm and full. If it has QC and you have a DC Fast Charge station near you, use it often, and more than once in the same day when you can. Don't use the charge to 80% option and make sure the pack is full when not in use, as much as you can. Park it in the sun and blast the A/C when you get back in, if necessary. Just don't exceed 140F (IIRC) or physically abuse the pack. It sounds like you won't have to worry much about going over 60,000 miles, but make sure that you don't...

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2013 "Brilliant Silver" SV with Premium and no QC, a 2009 Vectrix VX-1 W/18 Leaf modules, and 3 EZIP E-bicycles.PLEASE don't PM me with Leaf questions. Just post in the topic that seems most appropriate.

The warranty starts on the in-service date, which is the date on the Nissan sales documents. It is going to be sometime between 3/8/13 and 7/14/13. Call the Nissan EV line (877-NO-GAS-EV) with the VIN number and confirm the in-service date.

7/14/2013 is likely the in-service date as that's when the car was officially titled. The August date is "title issued OR UPDATED" which could mean that is when the DMV actually created a file in their system; in California that can take up to 90 days, though most people get their license plates in 2-4 weeks.

You guys called it... just spoke top a rep and they told me basically the same thing, capacity good until 7/14/18 or 60k, li-ion defects/workmanship until 7/14/21 or 100k.

I might be in ok shape, whadaya think? I'm not gonna stress either way, but if I'm really at 76% SOH with 15 months to go, including some summer months... I've seen estimates on the forum regarding how the SOH actually translates to capacity bars on the dash, but who knows, Nissan could have programmed that last bar to hold on for dear life!